Choice Hotels Sees Room Revenue Hurt by Hurricane Florence
Deanna Ting, Skift
The bigger question the hotel industry is no doubt asking itself is this: Was this third quarter just a one-off? Or was it a sign of tougher times to come?
6 days ago
Deanna Ting, Skift
The bigger question the hotel industry is no doubt asking itself is this: Was this third quarter just a one-off? Or was it a sign of tougher times to come?
6 days ago
Deanna Ting, Skift
That corporate tax rate has helped companies with their balance sheets, but will those extra dollars actually translate to increased travel?
3 months ago
Rebecca Stone, Skift Research
While brand considerations must be made on a property-by-property basis, Skift Research's proprietary Brand Matrix analysis ranks Marriott and Hilton at the top.
9 months ago
Rebecca Stone, Skift Research
There may not be a "one size fits all" model for all hotel properties, but our latest research report highlights key items for hotel owners to think about when it comes to operating structures and branding strategies in today's environment.
9 months ago
Deanna Ting, Skift
As we've noted before, as much as hotels and online travel agencies may not necessarily love one another, they certainly need each other. Their current love-hate relationship will certainly change, however, if and when other players like Airbnb or Google become bigger players in the hotel booking space.
9 months ago
Sean O'Neill, Skift
Choice's decision to build its own reservation system in-house is a poke in the eye to the many technology companies that sell systems to hotel chains.
10 months ago
Deanna Ting, Skift
It wouldn't be a proper end of the year in hospitality without at least one more merger or acquisition, right? Choice Hotels' purchase of WoodSpring Suites makes some sense as it bolsters its position in the midscale and economy extended-stay space.
11 months ago
Deanna Ting, Skift
This makes a lot of sense, but can Marriott and Choice make their established midscale brands stand out among all of the more design-driven newcomers that others are unleashing? Or do consumers and developers not really care as long as they save or make money?
1 year ago
Deanna Ting, Skift
In some cases, the hotel-online travel agency relationship is still a tense situation, but for most big hotel companies, it's still business as usual.
1 year ago
Deanna Ting, Skift
Why? They make money. And they're easier to roll out than a "hard brand." (Thus, why those are "hard.")
1 year ago
Deanna Ting, Skift
Whether you choose to view it as a war or not, it's fairly unanimous that nearly every hotelier wishes he or she would have more direct bookings versus bookings made through an online travel agency.
1 year ago
Deanna Ting, Skift
Choice Hotels seems confident that its strategies to push more direct bookings, as well as grow in secondary and tertiary urban markets with upscale brands, is a formula for success. First quarter results seem to agree but it's still early in the year.
2 years ago